…yet there is madness in it.

Re: Door Stop Wars

The University of Arnor, thanks to its penny-wise, pound-foolish fiscal policy, contracts out its custodial services to the lowest possible bidder. The end result, apart from spotty cleaning, is that we are occasionally treated to bizarre episodes like the following ….

*Insert Star Wars Opening fanfare here*

Last week, in a library far, far away, staffers on the upper floors became incensed when they discovered that the custodial personnel were deliberately removing their office door steps. The reason for this wholesale theft of small, rubber wedgies? Fire safety. Apparently, the custodians were told that propped open office doors constituted a fire hazard and that only their constant vigilance could save the library staff from their reckless pursuit of air circulation.

The library staff pointed out with some heat (no pun intended) that overflowing trash cans and propped open emergency doors, both of which can be laid at the feet of the cleaning crew, were far more likely to cause fires than a bunch of door stops. Balance was finally restored to the Force when it was clarified that ONLY the emergency doors (metal doors with magnetic strips on top that automatically close off the levels in case of fire) should not be propped open.

Now that it was safe to let our wedgies roam free, library staffers happily returned to their merry, door-stoppering ways.